Subcommittee chair announces hearing with "Angel Moms," says progressives "don't care" about crime victims

The chair of a subcommittee of the oversight and judiciary committee announced a hearing focused on families who lost children or were seriously harmed in crimes and accused "liberals, the left, the progressives" of indifference to victims. "They honest to God don't care about the victims of these crimes," the chair said.

The chair said they are "working with the Angel Moms" and that "we're going to have a hearing just with Angel families," describing the group as families who have lost children or whose children were left "crippled and handicapped" by violent acts. The announcement did not include a date, formal motion, or a written agenda.

The remarks framed the hearing as a response to what the chair described as a lack of sympathy and attention from political opponents toward victims. The chair said the planned hearing will give Angel families an opportunity to describe losses and harms in their own words.

The chair repeatedly urged colleagues to show "some sympathy for them" and to "care for Americans," presenting the hearing as a means to raise awareness. The transcript contains no recorded response from other committee members, no formal vote, and no scheduling details.

The committee or subcommittee that the chair referenced is described in the remarks only as "a subcommittee of oversight and judiciary." The term "Angel Moms" appears in the remarks as the name of the families' group; the transcript does not provide further details about the group's organization or membership.

Next steps: the chair announced the hearing but provided no date, docket number, or formal procedural steps in the remarks recorded in the transcript.